Briefing Findings · Megalodon-style GitHub workflow compromises are enabling
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What to Watch
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Follow incident-check guidance from the “5,561 GitHub repos” Megalodon post and run the described verification steps.
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Watch for further reporting/confirmation related to the “3,800 internal repositories via poisoned VS Code plugin” claims.
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What Changed
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Megalodon chums the waters in 5.5K+ GitHub repo poisonings
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A new GitHub attack dubbed Megalodon compromised more than 5.5K repositories
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Hackers breach GitHub and access 3,800 internal repositories now listed for sale
TechSpot
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5,561 GitHub repos got malicious CI/CD commits injected in 6 hours. The commits looked exactly like routine bot maintenance. Here is what happened and how to check if you were hit.
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